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president obama suggested. the reality is at a bare minimum, overall oil subsidies are $10 billion. now, if you include the cost of defending shipping lanes, et cetera the cost actually for oil subsidies winds up being $52 billion a year! now look, even if you took the smallest number, $10 billion a year, why are we giving $10 billion a year to the most profitable companies in the the world? what happened to the free market? they're liars. they never cared about the free market and they certainly don't care about their voters. they care about the guys that got them elected the big donors. that's exactly what the republican party stands for and unfortunately some portion of the democratic party. one guy fighting back, senator ellison. he introduced a bill. >> it's called the end polluter welfare act. senator bernie sanders and i have joined up to in produce this bill, and you might be surprised to know, cenk, that we found $110 billion over 10 years worth of subsidies. for example the b.p. oil spill which ruined
president obama suggested. the reality is at a bare minimum, overall oil subsidies are $10 billion. now, if you include the cost of defending shipping lanes, et cetera the cost actually for oil subsidies winds up being $52 billion a year! now look, even if you took the smallest number, $10 billion a year, why are we giving $10 billion a year to the most profitable companies in the the world? what happened to the free market? they're liars. they never cared about the free market and they...
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they don't control the senate. president obama is going to serve second term that is the message this week in washington, right? at the inauguration and the parade and the fancy dress dances and the obamas showing off at the white house with the dog. but away from washington, outside the beltway, republicans are working fast right now to use their power in the states to make it so that democrats structurally cannot win no matter what. joining us now is donald mckeachen. senator, thank you very much for your time. it's great to have you here. >> thanks for having me, rachel. >> were you surprised by how quickly republicans in your state passed these new maps? did you know this was coming? >> absolutely not, rachel. you know, we asked for a heads up back in november if they were going to do this. and we were sure we would be given the heads-up. in a span of literally 40 minutes, because they limited debate. literally in 40 minutes, they rewrote 40 senate districts without any input from the public, without any input
they don't control the senate. president obama is going to serve second term that is the message this week in washington, right? at the inauguration and the parade and the fancy dress dances and the obamas showing off at the white house with the dog. but away from washington, outside the beltway, republicans are working fast right now to use their power in the states to make it so that democrats structurally cannot win no matter what. joining us now is donald mckeachen. senator, thank you very...
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none of it means anything if the obama agenda can't get through the senate. senator jeff merkley of oregon is here with the latest breaking news on filibuster reform. >>> plus one of the best golfers in the world is losing it over his tax rate. >> of all the nerve! >> we'll fact check phil mickelson's ridiculous claim. >> i owe you nothing! >>> and banks got bailed a out and we got sold out. four years after wall street greed brought the country to its knees, why is no one in jail? >> this is a stain on the american justice system. >> the pbs series "frontline" has a new documentary airing tonight. correspondent martin smith joins me for a preview. good to have you with us tonight, folks. thanks for watching. i want to start the program tonight showing you what the hottest thing in politics was 20 years ago today. this is rush limbaugh's first book, the way things ought to be. for more than two decades, this basically has served as a blueprint for conservative thought in this country. here is a sample of a few things that were in the book. what about feeling
none of it means anything if the obama agenda can't get through the senate. senator jeff merkley of oregon is here with the latest breaking news on filibuster reform. >>> plus one of the best golfers in the world is losing it over his tax rate. >> of all the nerve! >> we'll fact check phil mickelson's ridiculous claim. >> i owe you nothing! >>> and banks got bailed a out and we got sold out. four years after wall street greed brought the country to its knees,...
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a democratic house and a democratic senate. all this talk about republican obstructionism, the republicans had a majority of the house the last two years. the first two years of his presidency, he could have done immigration, didn't. could have passed something on gun control, didn't. >> do you own a gun? >> yes. >> what do you have? >> a shotgun. i live in d.c. it's extremely difficult. took nine months. >> who on the panel owns a gun? dan does? kelly, frank? so you two have guns. i repeat, i have no problem with the self-defense element of this. do you believe -- and i've had lots of gun rights people on the show of varying degrees of intellect i guess about this debate. some choose to abuse me. others i found out she had good arguments. do you believe there's compelling elements that an assaults weapons ban if it removed the loopholes would have no effect, zero effect? >> the government studies, the justice department studies about the previous gun ban said it had no effect. we actually have some social science on it. >> it
a democratic house and a democratic senate. all this talk about republican obstructionism, the republicans had a majority of the house the last two years. the first two years of his presidency, he could have done immigration, didn't. could have passed something on gun control, didn't. >> do you own a gun? >> yes. >> what do you have? >> a shotgun. i live in d.c. it's extremely difficult. took nine months. >> who on the panel owns a gun? dan does? kelly, frank? so...
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> one of the first items on president obama's to do list is to finalize the next phase of the draw-down of u.s. troops in afghanistan. also on the president's radar, comprehensive immigration reform and a push for congress to pass tighter gun control laws. >>> and it's election day in israel, and it appears prime minister benjamin net yaw >> will get another term in office. voters headed to the polls today. even among his opponents netanyahu is considered the best man to lead his country. no matter the outcome, the u.s. approach to the palestinian conflict won't change. >>> the big easy is getting ready for the world stage and having the niners and ravens playing in the super bowl isn't just great for the fans. it's actually really, really good news for the new orleans economy. two weeks out and the transformation of jackson square is getting closer to completion. other projects going on all over town, too. small businesses, specially the -- some local breweries apparently gearing up and getting ready for the influx of fans and media. they're just getting ready for dennis, aren't they?
> one of the first items on president obama's to do list is to finalize the next phase of the draw-down of u.s. troops in afghanistan. also on the president's radar, comprehensive immigration reform and a push for congress to pass tighter gun control laws. >>> and it's election day in israel, and it appears prime minister benjamin net yaw >> will get another term in office. voters headed to the polls today. even among his opponents netanyahu is considered the best man to lead...
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if you look back at obama's history when he first ran for state senate, he was originally for marriage equality. i believe for political reasons he backed away from it. and of course, now he's come full circle again. i think we'll see a lot more from this president and i was honored and proud to be a part history, watching that speech yesterday. >> john: absolutely. i couldn't agree more with you. we discussed last night with governor granholm that if the president had come out full throated for marriage equality back in 2008, the year that prop 8 passed in california, there is the dreadful possibility we might have seen the reinauguration of president mccain and vice president palin. it was a political choice. tico, let me put this to you... what are you hoping to see from the president in his second term and additionally in his state of the union? is he going to be an advocate in chief or do you think he's going to do more? >> there are a lot of upcoming opportunities for the obama administration to stand strongly on the side of fairness and equality. one of them is that the supreme
if you look back at obama's history when he first ran for state senate, he was originally for marriage equality. i believe for political reasons he backed away from it. and of course, now he's come full circle again. i think we'll see a lot more from this president and i was honored and proud to be a part history, watching that speech yesterday. >> john: absolutely. i couldn't agree more with you. we discussed last night with governor granholm that if the president had come out full...
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melissa: that was senator max baucus a short time ago. now that nebraska governor dave heineman has given a green light to the new route for the xl pipeline which was a major victory, it is up to president obama and the state department to give it the final approval. but the white house says that decision won't be coming in the first quarter of this year. the pressure is on and hard and with me now is senator john hoeven from north dakota. obviously a state that cares deeply about this project without question. senator, welcome back to the show. what do you think? what hurdles have we gotten over and what do we have left in front of us? >> melissa, good to be with you. this is a big hurdle. the administration was concerned about the route through nebraska for the keystone xl pipeline the state of nebraska has now approved a route. the governor signed off on it after an extensive work to make sure that they have covered all the bases and governor heineman sent a letter to the president saying we've got the route. so we're ready to go. we a
melissa: that was senator max baucus a short time ago. now that nebraska governor dave heineman has given a green light to the new route for the xl pipeline which was a major victory, it is up to president obama and the state department to give it the final approval. but the white house says that decision won't be coming in the first quarter of this year. the pressure is on and hard and with me now is senator john hoeven from north dakota. obviously a state that cares deeply about this project...
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first, the democrat-led senate has not passed a budget since prime minister's first ye president obama's first year in office and now the so-called no budget, no pay proposal. >> when i grew up, i had a lot of jobs and i had to work to get paid to do those jobs, so when i flipped burgers at mcdonald's or mowed lawns or painted houses i did the work and i got paid. i didn't get paid if i didn't do the work. it's the basic concept here, you do the work you get paid you don't do the work you shouldn't get paid. >> senator rob portman joins us. >> good to see you, greta. >> should be american people be outraged now that the house is suggesting a stop-gap measure and the president seemed obliged it that, should the american people are outraged we're sort of limping along. >> sure, 5 trillion dollars ago is the last time the senate had a budget. unbelievable, the debt has gone up by 5 trillion dollars and yet for almost four years now there hasn't been a budget and with a budget, as you know, comes regular poured meaning you have the appropriations process, so you actually have some oversight
first, the democrat-led senate has not passed a budget since prime minister's first ye president obama's first year in office and now the so-called no budget, no pay proposal. >> when i grew up, i had a lot of jobs and i had to work to get paid to do those jobs, so when i flipped burgers at mcdonald's or mowed lawns or painted houses i did the work and i got paid. i didn't get paid if i didn't do the work. it's the basic concept here, you do the work you get paid you don't do the work you...
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. >> what did the obama administration know and when? in a few hours hillary clinton will finally testify about the terrorist attack in benghazi. doug mckel way is live with more. >> good morning guys. today's hearing before the senate foreign relations committee and house foreign affairs committee is the first time we have had to hear in-depth from the security rainfall i state on the debacle she took responsibility for in the days following the attack. ambassador steven's body was missing for 11 hours. assets were alerted but never utilized. the state department accountability review board concluded last month quoting there was not enough time for armed u.s. military assets to have made a difference. that is not what congressman jason jay fits was told from the commander when they travelled to libya after the attack. >> he told me he had proximity and capability but he was not cold to go fight for those people and save those people when the firefight was going on. >>> also why didn't investigators interview more eyewitnesss. two eyewit
. >> what did the obama administration know and when? in a few hours hillary clinton will finally testify about the terrorist attack in benghazi. doug mckel way is live with more. >> good morning guys. today's hearing before the senate foreign relations committee and house foreign affairs committee is the first time we have had to hear in-depth from the security rainfall i state on the debacle she took responsibility for in the days following the attack. ambassador steven's body was...
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today he met with senator john mccain who has been a vocal critic of the obama administration. on a lot of fronts. late this afternoon he and hagel had a frank and candid conversation in which they discussed some of mccain's concerns. mccain also called hagel an old friend. it's worth remembering both men are veterans of the vietnam war, and that's certainly a band of brothers. we'll be right back. >>> january 22nd, 1973 will stand out as one of the great days for freedom and free choice. this allows a woman free choice as to whether or not remain pregnant. this is extraordinary. >> welcome back to "hardball" that clip is from nbc news nightly 40 years ago when the supreme court handed down that roe v. wade decision. today our brand-new nbc news/wall street journal poll shows that for the first time in the history of the poll, our poll, a majority, 54% say abortion should be legal always, or most of the time. and the percentage of people who say roe v. wade should not be overturned has been rising steadily for over 20 years, topping at 70% in today's poll. despite the poll numb
today he met with senator john mccain who has been a vocal critic of the obama administration. on a lot of fronts. late this afternoon he and hagel had a frank and candid conversation in which they discussed some of mccain's concerns. mccain also called hagel an old friend. it's worth remembering both men are veterans of the vietnam war, and that's certainly a band of brothers. we'll be right back. >>> january 22nd, 1973 will stand out as one of the great days for freedom and free...
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today he met with senator john mccain who has been a vocal critic of the obama administration. on a lot of fronts. late this afternoon he and hagel had a frank and candid conversation in which they discussed some of mccain's concerns. mccain also called hagel an old friend. it's worth remembering both men are veterans of the vietnam war, and that's certainly a band of brothers. we'll be right back. i have low testosterone. there, i said it. how did i know? well, i didn't really. see, i figured low testosterone would decrease my sex drive... but when i started losing energy and became moody... that's when i had an honest conversation with my doctor. we discussed all the symptoms... then he gave me some blood tests. showed it was low t. that's it. it was a number -- not just me. [ male announcer ] today, men with low t have androgel 1.62% (testosterone gel). the #1 prescribed topical testosterone replacement therapy, increases testosterone when used daily. women and children should avoid contact with application sites. discontinue androgel and call your doctor if you see unexpect
today he met with senator john mccain who has been a vocal critic of the obama administration. on a lot of fronts. late this afternoon he and hagel had a frank and candid conversation in which they discussed some of mccain's concerns. mccain also called hagel an old friend. it's worth remembering both men are veterans of the vietnam war, and that's certainly a band of brothers. we'll be right back. i have low testosterone. there, i said it. how did i know? well, i didn't really. see, i figured...
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i also want to thank the president of the united states, president obama, president obama said he could live with this. i want to congratulate senator harry reid, senate majority leader, i'll say that here on the floor because he says it's the right thing to do and thank you for passing us a clean bill. that will give them the authority and the responsibility to do what they really want to do. not playing hardball. not throwing rocks. as a matter of fact senator harry reid said clean bill, good thing. that's up to them. it's up to them to take up their activities that are before us, and it's up to this house of representatives. as we finish this, the young leader of the ways and means committee, dave camp, paul ryan, and others will be here debating these ideas. immediately after that you will see where candice miller, the house administration chairman, will come and talk with this house and the american people about the responsibility that she has to ensure that what we do is correct and proper. and then this body will have a opportunity to vote yes or no, and that will be an authority
i also want to thank the president of the united states, president obama, president obama said he could live with this. i want to congratulate senator harry reid, senate majority leader, i'll say that here on the floor because he says it's the right thing to do and thank you for passing us a clean bill. that will give them the authority and the responsibility to do what they really want to do. not playing hardball. not throwing rocks. as a matter of fact senator harry reid said clean bill, good...
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. -- i hope that obama becomes more involved in the house and senate. they are in session for the next 90 days or 120 days. they need to be in session all year round. people work without taking these breaks. the need to keep doing it and get to work can figure it out until it is figured out. i also do like the fact that of holding their pay. that should go for democrats and republicans if things cannot get done. host: here's what donna says on twitter -- rodney in columbus, ohio, democratic line. caller: good morning. my advice is for the gop to just realize their job is temporary, also. the same things have been going on, obstruction, of all the different bills and legislation being drawn up by democrats has been obstructed. that is not to anybody's benefit. i feel, once they realize that they work for the people and need to listen to the people, they will realize what they're doing is hurting us. they're not entitled to be where they are. somebody actually elected them. once the people stand up, they will see what happens in the next year or two as fa
. -- i hope that obama becomes more involved in the house and senate. they are in session for the next 90 days or 120 days. they need to be in session all year round. people work without taking these breaks. the need to keep doing it and get to work can figure it out until it is figured out. i also do like the fact that of holding their pay. that should go for democrats and republicans if things cannot get done. host: here's what donna says on twitter -- rodney in columbus, ohio, democratic...
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she is expected to face tough questions in these back-to- back hearings before the senate and house for policy panels. that will cover the september raid, an independent panel review that harshly criticized the state department, and what the obama administration is doing to beef up security in the u.s. still is worldwide. >> congressional republicans have accused the obama administration of ignoring signs of deteriorating security in libya. >> 3 trial continues to continthis morning of a former member of san francisco police crime technician charged with obtaining cocaine reception. that route madden previously attempted to taking small amounts of the drug spilled from evidence in 2009. >> her first trial ended in a hung jury. she allegedly stole from the last analysis unit led to the eventual closure of the facility. it also forced prosecutors to the result of criminal cases her retrial is expected to last for days. >> coming up on the kron 4 morning news japan's transported agency has released the results of its investigation into the boeing 787 dreamliner. >> what they're saying this
she is expected to face tough questions in these back-to- back hearings before the senate and house for policy panels. that will cover the september raid, an independent panel review that harshly criticized the state department, and what the obama administration is doing to beef up security in the u.s. still is worldwide. >> congressional republicans have accused the obama administration of ignoring signs of deteriorating security in libya. >> 3 trial continues to continthis morning...
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i would hope senator reed would go through the ordinary process of having the senate pass a bill and let's put it on the floor and pass amendments. i would like to have offsetting spending cuts. we did this last time. president obama agreed to dollar for dollar spending cuts for every dollar the debt cell was raised. it's 22 times we have used the debt ceiling to reinact really substantial reforms. we need those reforms more than ever. the,000 is taking the first step. i hope the senate will do its work and i will push to off-set some of this. >> you don't have a problem with using the debt ceiling as a means to negotiate this. >> i don't. this president won't agree voluntarily to cut a dime of spending and thinks we need more spending, not less. the only time we were able to get him to agree with spending reductions was the last time we were arguing over the debt limit. it's not optimal, not my first choice. i think we have to use whatever tools are available to us. we are on an unsustainable path. the overspending is costing us economic growth and costing us jobs. >> do republicans
i would hope senator reed would go through the ordinary process of having the senate pass a bill and let's put it on the floor and pass amendments. i would like to have offsetting spending cuts. we did this last time. president obama agreed to dollar for dollar spending cuts for every dollar the debt cell was raised. it's 22 times we have used the debt ceiling to reinact really substantial reforms. we need those reforms more than ever. the,000 is taking the first step. i hope the senate will do...
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you can watch his confirmation hearing before the senate armed services committee. that will be january 31 at 9:31 a.m. eastern, and also on c-span3. >> what's the best training for a policeman? >> i said it before, i'll say it again, the best training you can get to become a really good police officer and understand what it's all about is walking a foot beat. i'll say that until the day i die. you learn how to develop sources. you learn how to use intelligence information. you learn how to leverage relationships in the community and that is the key. people in a community trust you. they'll tell you when there are things that are happening that are not yet crime so that you can intervene. they'll tell you how to go about doing it. i really learned the most of my career from those relationships. >> from high school dropout to single mother to the youngest police chief in washington, d.c., more with cathy lanier sunday night at 8:00 on c-span's "q&a." c-span, created by america's cable companies in 1979, brought to you as a public service by your television provider.
you can watch his confirmation hearing before the senate armed services committee. that will be january 31 at 9:31 a.m. eastern, and also on c-span3. >> what's the best training for a policeman? >> i said it before, i'll say it again, the best training you can get to become a really good police officer and understand what it's all about is walking a foot beat. i'll say that until the day i die. you learn how to develop sources. you learn how to use intelligence information. you...
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president obama no, ma'amed jack lew to take his place, but he has not been confirmed by the senate. next, 7.5 million. that's how much matt damon's movie made at the box office. that's half of what it cost to make the movie. officially a flop. i don't know who is taking for the catering. 2.52. that's what a pound of chicken wings will cost you this year. a record for super bowl sunday. gretch? >> gretchen: everyone knows that having children is a blessing to your life, but it could be a blessing to your tax obligation, too? fox business nicole petallides is here to explain. all right. so the tax blessing number one is money for our dependents. what do you mean? >> right, so each dependent is an exemption. money for dependents. so each child, you take that child and that one you can write off $3,800 for the year 2012. so we're going to go through different ideas, from education, but just right off the bat, the irs has a suggested amount that you can multiply by the number of exemptions and subtract from your income. so also the main thing, gretchen, is that you're filing the right wa
president obama no, ma'amed jack lew to take his place, but he has not been confirmed by the senate. next, 7.5 million. that's how much matt damon's movie made at the box office. that's half of what it cost to make the movie. officially a flop. i don't know who is taking for the catering. 2.52. that's what a pound of chicken wings will cost you this year. a record for super bowl sunday. gretch? >> gretchen: everyone knows that having children is a blessing to your life, but it could be a...